Susan Cooper

Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising. In 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association."Edwards Award 2012". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). American Library Association (ALA).
  "Edwards Award". YALSA. ALA. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

References

More reading
 Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper, Charles Butler (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006)
 The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy, Leonard Marcus (Candlewick, 2006)

Other websites

  – official website with links to articles and interviews available online, at "About Writing for Children"
 The NCBLA Board of Directors: Susan Cooper

 Susan Cooper at FantasyLiterature  – including synopses, cover art, and reviews

Category:1935 births
Category:Living people
Category:English children's writers
Category:Writers from Buckinghamshire